I'm hearing from a buddy of mine that Champion Windows in Houston is closing. He said there was an immigration raid in April and 75% of their workers were illegal. They've been trying to struggle along, but top brass (HQ in Dallas?) decided this week that rather than try to replace all those workers, they would shift production to other plants that have excess capacity. He had no idea where those plants were (Dallas? Atlanta?); this was something he heard from a home builder friend of his.

Not what I am hearing. Went fishing with my buddy this weekend, and he said his friend (a supt for a large Houston home builder) is already using another supplier; that Champion told them 4-6 weeks for shipments.

His buddy also said the pressure to build houses quicker & cheaper is becoming overwhelming. He'd leave them (national builder--no names) but he's survived all the cutbacks and hates to jump ship now.

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